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Horoscope: ASTROLOGY ZONE® by Susan Miller
Estimated population of Singapore citizens and permanent residents - 3,163,500 as at June 1998.
Chinese 77%
Malays 14%
Indians 7.6%
Other ethnic groups 1.4%
Working Language: English
Other official languages: Mandarin, Malay & Tamil.
Planners expect the population of Singapore to reach 5.5 million by 2040 or 2050, taking into account an expected increase in the number of foreigners working here. From just 3 million in 1990, the number has swelled to 3.9 million today, including 700,000 foreigners.
A high-level working committee is now looking at ways to encourage more couples to have babies. Demographer Saw Swee Hock says that if the fertility rate continues to stay below two, the population here, minus the foreigners, will peak at about 3.3 million in 2025 and then begin to drop.
Singapore's water is clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.
The Editor
Raymond Han
You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com
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Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) Members
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Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park
Pioneer Class of 2000: Singapore Management University
Abstract of Currency Notes & Coins In Circulation
Top Ten Books at POPULAR Bookstores
Top Ten Books at W.H.Smith Bookstore
Singapore Crime Situation for Jan - Jun 2000
CityLink: Singapore's First Subterranean Mall
Newly Registered Public Accountants
CPF Contribution Rates Over The Years
The WEATHER TODAY Slightly hazy and partly cloudy. Showers with thunder in the morning over many areas. TOMORROW'S WEATHER Isolated showers expected mainly in the late morning and early afternoon for Wednesday and Thursday. WATER TIDES High tide 11.11am 2.5m 10.37pm 2.7m SUN Sunrise 6.58 am Sunset 7.05 pm MOON Moonrise 6.08pm Moonset 5.41am PSI: 51 (moderate) TEMPERATURE: 24-32 degrees Celsius (The weather is updated daily at 8am Singapore time) For more information, call Meteorological Service Singapore Tel: (65) 542 7788.
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Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated today
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with your loved ones tonight. Surround yourselves with brightly lit lanterns, mooncakes, pomelos and a pot of tea as you admire the roundness of the full moon at this time of the year. Today is the 15th day of the 8th month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Chinese around the world commemorate Zhong Qiu Jie (Mid-Autumn Festival) by taking mooncakes. Legend has it that Chang E took the immortal pill given to her husband, Hou Yi, as a reward for shooting down 10 scorching suns. She flew to the moon and remained there as the moon fairy. Try as he might, Hou Yi could not manage to shoot her down although he was an expert archer.
We received our 400,000th hit on 22 Aug 2000! |
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NEW WEBSITES LivingWoman.com is an on-line, one-stop, one-source, lifestyle portal for women in Asia, focusing on personal well-being. Read a wealth of information, go shopping, search specialised services, create your own personal e-blackbook and win prizes. V-3000.com does web-design, hosting and promotions. Swadhin Productions is an independent performing arts promoter. Inaugurated this year (2000), the company aims to organise creative, experimental and quality performances in Singapore & other parts of Asia. For more information, please contact Swadhin Productions at Tel: (65) 366 0234 Fax: (65) 363 3097. AutoHub21.com is a new vehicle online auction website where you can sell your used car to dealers actively bidding for it. Presently, they have 18 dealers listed. A flat transaction fee of S$100 is charged upon successful sale during the promotional period from Aug - Dec 2000. BusinessTrends.com.sg is a recruitment website for job seekers and companies seeking employees. Olympics.com is the official website of the Sydney Olympics 2000. Officials predict a staggering total of 6.5 billion hits for the site. SeniorLifeClub.com is devoted to enriching the lives of seniors. It is the Internet arm of Senior Life, a bi-monthly magazine. TemptingCareers.com.sg is a career website that searches for a suitable "match" between their clients and candidates. It was established in 1993. Eyeball.com.sg or the print version, a morning tabloid, Project Eyeball, is a new newspaper which hit the streets on 12 Aug 2000. Brought to you by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). one-99shop.com has gone online! This shop already has nine branches selling everything at S$1.99 each. Items range from crockery, utensils, confectionery, household accessories, artificial flowers to Hello Kitty stationery. wwlegal.com is a legal website which went online in late August 2000. It provides a one-stop centre for people to find lawyers. Click New Websites for the rest of the list. |
BANKmates: Get a Personal Assistant to do your errands in Singapore. SporesCity www.sporescity.com The Singaporean website community Set up your company's website here. More... We are now 1,267 pages thick and growing. Public Holidays DEEPAVALI is the next public holiday. It falls on Thursday 26 October 2000.
Madam Kang's Kitchen Message Board Singapore Cemetery Warren Message Board Registration for national service for all male Singaporeans and permanent residents born between 13 Dec 1982 and 12 Mar 1983 started on 31 Jul 2000 and ends on 29 Sep 2000. For those born between 13 Mar 1983 & 12 Jun 1983, registration starts on 2 Oct 2000 & ends on 24 Nov 2000. |
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New School Registered: Feng Hua Language Studies Centre 557 Bukit Timah Road #02-09 Crown Centre Singapore 269694 Supervisor: Mdm Qu Hua (5 Sep 2000) New Societies Registered: *Motor Industry Certification Board (Singapore) 385 Sin Ming Drive Singapore 575718 (12 Aug 2000) *Asia Pacific Venture Capital Association SCI/SMA House 20 Orchard Rd #03-03 Singapore 238830 (19 Aug 2000) *Country Line Dance Association (Singapore) 865 Mountbatten Rd #02-81 Katong Shopping Centre Singapore 437844 (15 Aug 2000)
PEOPLE SEARCH: Let us flip through the phone book to help you find someone you wish to contact urgently. Email your request to peoplesearch@getforme.com.
The OG Building at People's Park, along with its overhead Bridge is being demolished from 30 Aug - 15 Sep 2000. |
GOVERNMENT MATTERS Singapore Government Website Police Ministry Of Education Consular Matters & Migrating (known as permanent residency) Setting up a business? Do a free Name Search first to see whether the name you want is available. Click RCB.
Current issues affecting
our community: Timeshare companies which use high-pressure sale tactics Late Power Supply utilities bills Speakers' Corner opens at Hong Lim Park Scholarship Bond-Breakers Debate |
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EscapeArtist.Com The website on overseas living for international job seekers and expatriates. ExpatSingapore For expatriates planning to relocate to Singapore. Provides excellent information on Singapore. ContactSingapore Step-by-step guide to applying for a job, flying into Singapore, getting an employment pass, and applying for visas for your spouse and children. Useful Services Relocating to Singapore?
World's Longest Mooncake Dragon Now till 12 Sep 2000 Lot Shoppers' Mall Atrium B. Invisibility Rated P(G) and performed in English and Mandarin Presented by Drama Box Written by Quah Sy Ren Adapted & Directed by Sim Pern Yiau Performed by: Alvin Chiam, Caroline Fernandez, Zelda Tatiana Ng & Yeo Yann Yann 13 - 17 Sep 2000, 19 - 23 Sep 2000 8pm Lantern Festival 2000 31 Aug - 13 Sep 2000 Chinese Garden 9am - 10pm Over 3,000 lanterns from Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces in China are on display. Other attractions include cultural shows and a food fair. Tickets at the door: S$7 (adult) & S$4 (child) Ambient Asia “Chilled-out grooves and traditional cool” 22 Sep 2000 The Courtyard, National Library at Stamford Rd 7pm End your day on an eclectic note with the unique music of two of Asia’s top instrumentalists, Sara T and Jessica, on erhu, sanxian and pipa. An exotic blend of club sounds and dance beats rendered from traditional Chinese instruments. Admission is Free. Everyone's welcome See Entertainment for more information on local happenings! |
6 and still counting That's the number of MediaCorp Studios artistes so far to have resigned to cross over to rival MediaWorks set up by the SPH group. TOURISTS To get free copies of brochures on Singapore, including Singapore Official Guide, please click HERE. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW Low Lying Areas In Singapore Lists the flood-prone areas in Singapore. Things you should know Tells you things you need to be aware of - disasters, drowning cases, Hotel New World... |
The top ten fiction and non-fiction titles sold at these bookstores last week
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Tuesday 12 Sep 2000
The Government has decided to make a S$859 million and S$1.082 million payout to Singapore Telecom (SingTel) and StarHub respectively for the premature loss of their duopoly status. As part of the deal, StarHub will have to stick to the original commitment of rolling out a nationwide network that will also serve the residential market, said the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) at a press briefing yesterday.
Two dog shooters with the Primary Production Department were found guilty of causing the death of a man when they fired negligently at a pack of stray dogs under a flyover. The 59-year-old man was feeding the dogs then. The court heard that PPD officer Heng Bak Tong, 56, fired his shotgun after his supervisor, Loh Kar Seng, 43, had given the order to fire. They were each fined S$7000.
A new engineering technopreurship incubation programme at the National University of Singapore (NUS) provides tuition, workshops and seminars to prepare students for a career in technology-based entrepreneurship. Launched by the Faculty of Engineering on Saturday, the programme targets second-year engineering students.
Fifteen of the 85 employees of Sony Singapore's consumer service division were retrenched yesterday due to falling demand for repair of consumer products. The 15 are repair technicians and support staff. Most of them are in their late 30s and their average length of service in the company is 14 years.
Asia
Kuala Lumpur: Four foreigners armed with M-16 assault rifles raided a diving resort off Sabah, abducted three people and headed for the southern Philippines in a speedboat. The four men, believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group, came ashore at 7pm on Sunday to loot the Pandanan Semporna Island Resort.
Melbourne: Five people were injured yesterday as police clashed with anti-globalisation protesters blockading the 3-day World Economic Forum (WEF) summit at Melbourne's Crown Casino.
Johor Baru, Malaysia: More policemen have been deployed to patrol the streets of Johor Baru under a new, high-profile policing approach to rid the city of petty crimes. The approach will see more policemen on the streets and in public places over the next few days, and residents as well as visitors have been told not to be alarmed by their presence.
Hongkong: A pro-Beijing party made significant gains in the Legislative Council elections on Sunday although the Democratic Party remains the largest bloc in the legislature. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hongkong (DAB) saw its total number of seats increase to 11, from 10 two years ago.
Around the world
Rome: Italian wives have a legal right to indulge in adultery but must limit extra-marital affairs to daytime liaisons so as not to wound their husband's honour, the Supreme Court here has ruled. It made the ruling after upholding the conviction by two lower courts of 31-year-old S. Alberta on charges of abandoning the marital home. Adultery was a criminal offence in Italy until 1968.
London: British men want to be more involved with the pregnancies of their wives and girlfriends, and to be given more time off and guaranteed paternity leave, according to the latest survey of new fathers. The results of the survey, published yesterday, showed contemporary fathers to be closely involved with their children or, at least, they believe they are, according to an Electronic Telegraph report. The Telegraph said that in the three-year study, 800 fathers-to-be and new fathers were interviewed. The study, Becoming A Father, was carried out by the National Childbirth Trust and the information service Fathers Direct.
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SINGAPORE SLING
30ml Gin
15ml Cherry Brandy
120ml Pineapple Juice
15ml Lime Juice
7.5ml Cointreau
7.5ml Dom Benedictine
10ml Grenadine
A dash of Angostura Bitters
Garnish with a slice of pineapple & cherry
The Singapore Sling was created by Raffles Hotel bartender Mr Ngiam Tong Boon.